Image forming method and apparatus using near field communication

摘要

An image forming apparatus having at least one of print, scan, copy, fax, and web browsing functions, the image forming apparatus including a near field communication (NFC) module to detect a mobile terminal through NFC, a touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one object appears and to receive an input of a gesture with respect to the object from a user, and a control unit to interpret a gesture from the user based on a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel and to transmit the object to the mobile terminal according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus having at least one of print, scan, copy, fax, and web browsing functions, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a near field communication (NFC) module to detect a mobile terminal through NFC; a touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one object appears and to receive an input of a gesture of a user regarding the object with respect to the mobile terminal; and a control unit to determine a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel to establish a location of the mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus and to interpret the gesture of the user to transmit the object from the image forming apparatus to the mobile terminal according to a result of an interpretation of the gesture based on the relative position relationship.